BORN READY: TRAINEE SCHEME

• London (Hybrid Working) 

• Age 18+

• Full-time - 37.5 hours a week - Monday to Friday

• Tuesday to Thursday at our office in London, Mondays & Fridays at home

• 12 weeks from 09/06/26 - 03/09/26

• London Living Wage - £14.80 per hour 

• Laptop provided 

• Commuting allowance

Looking for your first step into the industry, but don’t know where to start?

You might be Born Ready.

This summer we’re running the fourth year of Born Ready - our trainee scheme designed to help people break into the social media industry without needing connections, experience or the “right” degree.

Over the past three years, Born Ready trainees have gone on to land full-time roles at Born Social, building careers across production, influence, and social media management.

Now we’re looking for the next two people to join them:

• One specialising in Content Creation (in Social Media Management)

• One specialising in Strategy

If you’re curious about how brands show up on social and have ideas about how they could do it better, come get paid to get trained this summer.

WHO WE ARE

We are Born Social, a social-first creative agency that brings brand building into the social era. We have a track record of delivering transformation for iconic brands like Guinness, Ford, and Barclays, led by our team of social natives and brand experts, underpinned by technology.

Backed by the strength of a brilliant business that's proudly B-Corp certified, we're consistently recognised as one of the best places to work.

WHY BORN READY EXISTS

Breaking into the industry isn’t always easy. Too often, the path in relies on unpaid internships, connections, or very specific backgrounds. We don’t think that’s good enough.

The scheme is designed to bring new and diverse talent into the industry at a grassroots level; people who live and breathe social culture but might not yet have had the opportunity to turn that into a career.

Over 12 weeks, we’ll give you training, real experience, and a genuine insight into agency life, so that by the end, you’re truly Born Ready.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• You’re 18+ and looking for your first step into a career in marketing

• You get social; maybe you're already making TikToks, posting memes, running an account, or spotting trends before everyone else

• Your brain is bubbling with ideas about how brands could show up better on social

• You’re curious, creative and not afraid to try things out

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

Our trainee scheme is built quite literally to get you ready for a job at Born Social. To help do that, you'll spend the 12 weeks in three different parts...

1. Social-first School: you'll go through a brand-building bootcamp for the social era with our Strategists

2. Department Rotation: you'll then swiftly work through a couple of days with each of our departments - getting to know the work they do and, more importantly, how they do it

3. Specialism: from there you'll move into a six-week specialism in either Content Creation or Strategy, depending on your future ambitions.  During this time you'll get to work on actual campaigns we're delivering to clients and learn from the experts in your field

HOW TO APPLY

We want to see how you think about social - so show us.

Using any social media platform (or platforms), your task is simple:

🥪 TEACH US HOW TO MAKE TOAST

You can use TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, or anything else you like.

Make it funny, smart, weird, insightful, chaotic - whatever feels most you.

No CVs please!

We can’t wait to see what you come up with.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Wednesday 22nd April

RESPONSE BY: Friday 1st May 

INTERVIEWS: will be held in London on either the 6th or 7th May

Successful candidates will start the trainee scheme on Tuesday 9th June 2026

Please note, the application process will ask you for a CV but we don't need or want that - just upload your task using the 'additional files' button or include a link to your task.

NO GRIT NO PEARL

No Grit No Pearl is our creative mantra – a single-minded statement of intent that defines how we get to great work and the standard we hold ourselves to. Because we believe the best work isn't formed instantly, they're shaped through commitment, care, and perseverance. Grit isn’t about grind - it’s about staying curious, pushing ideas, and appreciating the process to reach the Pearl - work we’re proud of, created to the highest standard that makes a lasting impact.

VALUES

Our values aim to pinpoint the magic ingredients for us at our best. We look for people who share our values and can add to our culture.

⚡️ See Challenge as Opportunity... is about our attitude and to be very clear, this is not a value of optimism, nor is it about loving every challenge.

⚡️ Say It Simply... is how we communicate. Think of the basic rules of communication - honest, clear, confident.

⚡️ Do What You Say... is the crux of our reputation and longevity. When you join Born Social, our trust is fully given. It is yours to lose.

⚡️ Make Each Other Better... is about our culture of collaboration and commitment to development. We are only as good as the people around us so we all take responsibility for developing each other, as well as ourselves.

⚡️ Consciously Contribute...is bigger than all the others. It ensures we grow right. It broadens our focus beyond Born Social and cements our commitment to doing what’s just, not what’s easy or immediately self-serving.

BORN SOCIAL 🤝 CROUD

Born Social is proud to be part of Croud. Together we are a global, full service media, creative and data agency. We operate as a unique scaled network of Intelligent, Creative Specialists, enabling us to deliver superior brand outcomes and unlock potential for our people, our clients and our communities.

EVERYONE'S WELCOME

We celebrate different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds here at Born Social. As an equal opportunities employer, we believe in the power of an inclusive and representative team. We welcome applications regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, political affiliation, family, or parental status. We don’t simply comply with the Equality Act, we go further and take pride in building a stronger and more creative work environment, committed to inclusion, diversity, and representation.

A DAY IN THE LIFE WITH US

We've partnered with Day of Wrk to show you what daily life is like in some of our most popular job roles. Visit their site to see content from some of our team including Social Media Managers, Motion Designer & Account Managers.